Tombstoning ...

Tombstoning - jumping off cliffs, piers, harbour walls or other high points into the sea - has claimed a number of lives across the UK in recent years. Since being in Plymouth, we have been struck by the number of "tombstoners" there are around this area.














If you walk round to the Barbican in the evening, you cannot miss seeing tombstone-jumpers in dripping wetsuits, with shivering but admiring little brothers in tow, and often surrounded by doting teenage girls!! That is youff for you ... the picture below gives a better idea of the height of the jump ... taken at maximum zoom too - gulp!!

Of course there are rocks below which have to be avoided (adds to the fun perhaps?) - one hopes that they only jump at times when the tide is at its highest!